Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-05-05
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a compound. and while its principle
ttiice is % convey to the femC!p cells
ludillmg malcfial. IL may aiGo Cally
elements az hrtEh a. disease. "a. Ne.! ~
tA0Se I.3at mo on may become heytGi-
tary characteristics az It's race. In the
anin2l kingdom We have an exact par
aiie cS8e TOR leaving out all mental
Impressions. the Ea.e parent cOntri-
butes no more towards the production
of tlie offspring 10 proportion TO size,
aEd we COubt ii no much. as does the
Aalc IN the vegetable kingdom. still
no breeder OF choice stock would will
ingly permit the c0nglOmeration or adj
Ulter3iiOn of the blood ofthe female by
q scrub animal. or even one out o. the
GireCt lire or tEe pure breed. Ii Is an
CID saying that there IL black sheep
IN almost every flock" but there are
probably few persons who know the
iuil Significance Of this phrase when APP
pied to sheep, and especially To the long
known American MerinOs. No breed
en- OF these sheep In the past fifty or
sixty years has allowed a black male
in ms flock, and yet almost every sea-
SON an eWeamOug the pure blOods, as
| they are called. VIII drop a black lamb,
! q direct reyersion TO some early anceS-
tor Of his color. No one can tell how
long, orthrOugh how many generations
/ this early contamination will continue
| 10 show itself similar cases of reyeT-
sion, the result of contamination of
| blood, rs 1t may be termed, are known
10 frequently occur among all OF our
! dOmestlcated and improved breeds of
animals. and they are as likely TO origi-
nate with and become hereditary in the
male line as in the female. As there is
an affinity between plants, and the mo-
tile pollen promotes. if itdoes not cause,
eXcitability in the female organs of the
! flower, and there cause a responsive ac-
! tion from those below and beyond. as
already stated.
seawecd as % fertilizer tor Potatoes.
>eaweed or "wrack," as ii is often
called, is extensively used on the sea-
coast Of Maine, and perhaps in other
! States Of our Union. the effect Ofwhich
is the production of an extra large crop
OF potatoes But the objection TO this
I fertilizer is, that it gives the potato 4
"tangy taste the lOc2 term fora disa-
! greeable taste. On t., southern coast
Of England. and on the Channel Islands
and France, opposite and other parts
OF Europe. seaWoed is extensively used
for growing potatoes, and we hear no
complaint against their taste. Per-
! haps this may arise from difference in
the quality OF the weed, or they may
compost it with something to neutra-
lie the diSagreeabie flavor it gives to
the tubers. We have used seaWeed for
many years past. cOmpOsted in autumn
with stable manure. laid upin beds TO
lie all winter. BY spring it became
well rOtted, and OH being tossed over
made fine, homogeneous mass. Per
! h8ps guanO. bone dust, Superphospha
Crrich muck and lime might have the
same effect; but unleachcd. or even
| leached. wood ashes certainly would.
and these are the best possible ferti-
| liZCIs fOr potatoes grown in a moderate
| ly good soil, with little or no sand in it
TO lac easily leached through. Use sea-
weed wherever it is obtainable.
Importance Of Pure Seed.
! Peter Henderson Auther Of Gardening
for Profit, in IN article on seeds and
seed raising in the American Agricul-
| tUist for February. writes:
ii there is one thing of paramount
importance in vegetable gardening it is
purity OF seed; and for tins reason the
seed offered by scotsman should be
tested not only FOR its terminating
qualities. but for genuineness Of kind.
The test Of termination is easy enough
and there is rarely any trouble with
th3t; but TO be certain that the variety
is true tOits kind. is matter requiring
time and knowledge of varieties.
Thirty years ago the market gardener
grew nearly all their own seeds. as in
those days we had hardly any seedsmen
who knew anything about varieties. and
consequently the market gardeners
dared not risk their crops in buying
from them. ! remember on one Occa-
sion the seed crop OF our indispensable
Wakefield Cabbage failed with nearly
all Of us. There was only one man
among us who had foresight enough to
have two years supply; offered him
500 per pound bat could not procure
an ounce from him, and as no one car.
ed TO risk the seed in those days foI
Wakefield Cabbage seed, he had the
whole field to himself. lie planted
nearly ten acres with this variety
which coming i'm some eight or ten days
earlier than anything else, he made Z
little fortune by his being able to have
a monopoly of The seed. That is now
over thirty years ago, but | have never
known a Jersey gardener to be out OF
Wakefield Cabbage seed since, and not
know where to get it.
Sowing seeds N Dry Weather
Peter Henderson writes in the Amer
lean AglicultuTist for February:
\ frequent source of complaint is
the fact OF seeds failing TO germinatc
during long continued dry weather, ano
it is very important that the gardener
should always apply common-sense tc
his work. and not simply follow rou
tine, for what will suit tor one condi.
zion of soil or atmosphere would be un-
necessary. or even wrong, for another
| will give q case to illustrate. About
the fifth OF May OF 1871. sowed a large
patch Of open ground with Celery seed
and another with Cabbage seed. The
soil was in fine order, and the beds. after
sowing, were raked the Celery with a
fine steel rake, the Cabbage with large
wooden rake, which covered the seed OF
each to the regular depth. The wealth
er was dry, with indications of its con
tinuing SO, and after sowing had both
the Cabbage and Celery beds rolled
heavily. leaving. however, astrip of each
uurOlled. so that ! could clearly show
TO some Of my young men what the re-
I suit of this omission would be If dry
weather continued. Had heavy rain
, fallen within day or two after sowing
it would have compacted the soil and
produced the effect of rolling it. But
we had 10 rain for three or four weeks
and a burning hot atmosphere, passing
through the shallow, loose covering OF
the seeds. shriycled and dried them NJ
SO that if WAS imOOssible they could